Lumbar vertebral osteomyelitis with mycotic abdominal aortic aneurysm caused by highly penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 4198-4200

  Naktin, Jaan ^b   DeSimone, Joseph ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b ID Care Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MYCOTIC ANEURYSM; OSTEOMYELITIS; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA;

POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0032750313     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.12.4198-4200.1999     Document Type: Article

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